Great-grandson of Herod
& second husband of Salome
II. Aristobulus & his
cousin Agrippa II were the last rulers of the
house of Herod. When the emperor Claudius
awarded Agrippa control of the Golan, he gave Aristobulus his
father's kingdom in southern Lebanon (52 CE). When Nero
became emperor, he added other non-Jewish provinces to the territory
of Aristobulus, who retained control of his largely pagan realm by remaining
a staunch ally of Rome during the ethnic unrest that preceded &
followed the Jewish revolt of 66-73 CE.
References: Josephus,
Antiquities
18.134, 137;
20.104,
158.
_____, War
2.221,
252;
7.226.
Other resources on
line:
Perspective on the
World of Jesus 